Grain-hoisting bucket.



Patented Dec. l2, |899. T. M. M OSH.

GRAIN HOISTI G BUCKET.

(Application filed July 6, 1599.)

QNu Model.)

Nrrnn 'raras v Arnim THOMAS M. MCINTOSH, OF HASTINGS, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO HENRY S. BROWN, OF SAME PLACE.

GRAIN-HOISTING BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,877, dated December 12, 1899.

Application tiled J uly 6, 1899. Serial No. 722,944. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. McIN'rosH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hastings, in the county of Adams and State of Nebraska,have invented a newan d useful Grain- Hoisting Bucket, of which the following is a specication.

The invention relates to improvements in grain-hoisting buckets. 1o The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of receptacles for conveying grain and other material and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted for loading and unloading vehicles and for carrying corn and other grain from the field to the place where the same is to be stored and the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide a guard or fender, designed to form acontinuation of one of the sides of the receptacle when the same is being lled, to prevent corn or other material from being thrown beyond the receptacle and capable of being compactly folded when not in use.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

1n the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating the arrangement of the sections in dumping. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view illustrating the manner of mounting the sections of the fender or guard.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw- 4o ings.

l designates a bucket or receptacle designed for conveying grain and other material from one point to another and adapted especially for loading and unloading vehicles and for conveying grain from the field to the place where it is to be stored and composed of two similar sections 2, hinged together at 3 at the upper edges of their adjacent ends, and adapted to tilt and open the receptle 5o at the center of the bottom to effect a discharge of the material, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings. The hinges, which may be of any desired construction, preferably consist of overlapped leaves or plates and a transverse pintle-rod 4, extending entirely across the receptacle and supporting the same. The sides of the sections are connected bytransverse bracingrods 5, extending from the said sides to the center of the receptacle and secured at their 6o inner ends to a hanger 6, consisting of upper and lower rings swiveled together. The braces are provided at their inner ends with eyes which are linked into the lower ring of the hanger, and the upper end of the same forms a guide for a pair of cords or ropes 7 or other suitable exible connections,which are secured by eyebolts 8 to the ends of the receptacle and which are adapted when pulled upon to swing the outer ends of the sections 7o upward to discharge their contents. The eyebolts are adj ustably secured to the ends of the sections, which are provided with perforations, arranged at intervals and disposed in vertical series, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, and by this construction the flexible connections may be arranged to be operated by the desired amount of pull, so that they may be conveniently operated without liability of ac- 8o cidentally dumping the receptacle. The operating ropes or cords extend through the up-` per eye or ring of the hanger, and the lower eye may be rotated by the turning of" the receptacle without twisting the operating connections.

The sections may be locked in their closed positions by a catch l0, consisting of a flat spring mounted on one of the sections, at the lower face of the bottom thereof, and provided 9o with a beveled head having a shoulder adapted to engage a suitable shoulder or keeper ll of the other sectionof the receptacle. A suitable operating-cord l2 is attached to the catch for disengaging the saine when it is desired to dump the receptacle; but, if desired, the catch may be omitted.

The receptacle is provided at one side with a guard or fender 13, composed of two hinged sections 14, adapted to be swung upward, as roo illustratedA in Figs. l and 4 of the accompanying drawings, to prevent corn from .being thrown over the receptacle in illing the same while husking the corn. The guards or Jfenders, which may be swung downward against the adjacent sides of the sections, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 4t of the drawings, are supported in an elevated position by guy-rods 15.

The hanger is designed to be suspended by any suitable means on the track of a carrier, and it may be hoisted byhorse orother power and run along the track to the place of dumping, where its contents may be readily discharged, as before described.

It will be seen that the carrier or receptacle is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted for conveying grain or other material from one point to another, and that its contents may be readily discharged when desired. It will also be apparent that the sections may be securely locked in their closed position and that the guard or fender prevents corn from being thrown over the receptacle when iilling the same while the corn is being husked.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope et the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacriticing any of the advantages of this invention.

What is claimed is- 1. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle composed of two sections hinged together at their adjacent ends, transverse braces connecting the sides of the seetions, a hanger connected with the said braces and arranged at the center of the receptacle and forming a guide, and operating cords or ropes adjustably connected with the ends of the sections and passing through the said guide and adapted to swing` the sections to dump the receptacle, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle composed of two hinged sections, ahanger provided with upperand lower loops swiveled together, braces extending from the sides of the sections and connected with the lower loop, and operating ropes or cords connected with the outer ends of the sections and extending through the upper loop, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a rectangular receptacle composed of two sections provided at their upper edges with hinges having a pin tle-rod extending entirely across the receptacle, a hanger arranged at the center of the receptacle and connected with the sides of the sections and forming a guide, and operating-ropes connected with the ends of the sections and passing through the said guides, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A device ofthe class described comprising a receptacle composed of two hinged sections adapted to swing upward to discharge their contents, and a folding guard or fender mounted on the receptacle at one side thereof and arranged to form a continuation of such side, substantially as and for the purpose de: scribed.

5. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle composed of two sections hinged together, a folding guard or fender hinged to one side of the receptacle and composed of two sections, and means for supporting the sections of the fender in an elevated position, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS M. MCINTOSH.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM M. LOWMAN, WARREN D. ABBOTT. 

